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Nikola Mrkšić

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Co-founder & CEO at Poly

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Nikola Mrkšić completed a PhD in machine learning and natural language processing at the University of Cambridge. His work at PolyAI earned him a place on the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in 2021.

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Co-founder & CEO at Poly

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Poly's investors · 13

Air Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksAmadeus Capital PartnersLondon · $50K – $12.7M checks · since 2019Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksGeorgianToronto, Ontario · $25M – $100M checksHedosophiaLondonKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksNVenturesSanta ClaraNVenturesSingapore · $25K – $2.5M checksNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2025Passion CapitalLondon · since 2019Point72 VenturesNew York · $1M – $75M checks · since 2019PROOFArlingtonSands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Poly

SWShawn Wen
Shawn WenCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer
ESEddy Su
Eddy SuCo-founder & SVP Engineering
TW
Tsung-Hsien WenCTO
PSPei-Hao Su
Pei-Hao SuCofounder

Experience

  1. PolyAICo-founder & CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AppleMachine Learning Researcher2015 — 2017Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. VocalIQ Limited.Machine Learning Researcher2014 — 2015Cambridge, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Algorithms64Machine Learning54C++42Artificial Intelligence33Computer Science30Java20Public Speaking20Problem Solving14Microsoft Office7Physics3Python11Mathematics3
+12 moreRStatisticsEnglishProgrammingMatlabHaskellLaTeXResearchHigh Performance ComputingSoftware EngineeringLinuxC

Languages English · French · Serbian

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Who is Nikola Mrkšić?
Nikola Mrkšić completed a PhD in machine learning and natural language processing at the University of Cambridge. His work at PolyAI earned him a place on the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in 2021.
Where does Nikola Mrkšić work?
Nikola Mrkšić is Co-founder & CEO of Poly.
What companies did Nikola Mrkšić found?
Nikola Mrkšić founded Poly.
Where did Nikola Mrkšić go to school?
Nikola Mrkšić studied at University of Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning); University of Cambridge (Master's Degree, Computer Science); University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Computer Science with Mathematics).

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